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I think they are great scopes, but I dont think they will live long on a hard kicker. From my exp.. luepolds are the very best for scope killing rifles. My 338 has chewed up and spit out a few scopes of good quality. I can only imagine what anything bigger than that will do.
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Leupold makes a great scope. I think I have 3 right now. I have one on my Weatherby 300WM that I saved for a whole year and bought when I was 13. Got that VX2 new with it the same day. Last year, 25 years later, probably 1500-2000 hard pounding rounds later, untold western Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, mountain miles later, it fogged. I e-mailed Leupy. They said, "Sure! Send it back!" A couple weeks later I got it back in brand new condition, polished out, new objective lense, re-charged and re-sealed. You can't beat that.But the topic at hand is whether or not Nikon is a good price alternative. Nikon is an excellent price alternative. I like Leupold better, but I completely trust my Nikons, and will continue to buy them.